As you’ll see in the video, step one is to grab the paths and their itinerant effects from Illustrator:

...then, paste them into Photoshop as a smart object. Notice that the rounded corner effect has fallen off in the process:

So a return to Illustrator is in order, initiated by opening the smart object in Photoshop and then having Illustrator remind the corners to round. While he’s here, Deke uses an Illustrator art brush to give the letters their more embellished effect.

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